Appropriated Animation: A Japanese-American Conversation -Angela

In researching the early manifestations of animation in Asia, I came across an essay which discusses the adaptation and appropriation of the American animated films that were becoming available in China and Japan in the early nineteen hundreds. As we saw in class, China was influenced by the films of the Fleisher Bros., Out of the Inkwell, and Japan by Emile Cohl. I came across an interesting follow-up on that creative exchange in the mentioned essay. It notes the similarities between Japanese animator Tezuca Osamu, Jungle Emperor, and Disney's The Lion King.

The Jungle Emperor is said to have been shot three decades earlier than Disney's 1994 film.
In 1989 there was even an sequel to Tezuca's orginial, which is reminiscent of the more familiar (to me) Lion King, yet it actually aired five years earlier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-_UtGIjce0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc

Present Tense Blog

Hey All,

We just finished up an interview with Jeff Huckleberry who I know a lot of you studied with. You can see it on the Present Tense's Archive.

-Present Tense

NYC THIS WEEKEND!

If you are in Brooklyn this weekend, you need to come and see the Maximum Perception Performance Festival.

ENGLISH KILLS ART GALLERY
114 FORREST ST.
BROOKLYN, NY 11206

INFO@ENGLISHKILLSARTGALLERY.COM
WWW.ENGLISHKILLSARTGALLERY.COM

English Kills Art Gallery is pleased to present the inaugural Maximum Perception Performance Festival, December 11-12, 2009 at English Kills Art Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.

Over 2 nights, the Maximum Perception Performance Festival will be a showcase for over 20 national and international performance artists, focusing on presenting a dynamic range of contemporary performance practice from the best emerging artists in performance.

Curators Peter Dobill and Phoenix Lights seek to present a counterpoint to the fiscally bloated, dilettante-based spectacle that has consumed the image of performance art in New York City. The Maximum Perception Performance Festival will feature newly commissioned performance works in addition to site-specific actions and ongoing projects from all participating artists.

Established as a critically acclaimed exhibition in 2008 to survey the Brooklyn performance art scene, the Maximum Perception Performance Festival has evolved to become a yearly showcase for the forefront of performance art practice in New York City and beyond.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

ROB ANDREWS, LEAH ARON + TYMON MATTOSZKO, MATTHEW BLAIR, RYAN BROWN, HOLLY FAUROT + SARAH H. PAULSON, DANIELLE FREAKLY/THE QUOTE GENERATOR, PHILIP FRYER, NATE HILL, ERIK HOKENSON, ANDREW HURST, NAOKI IWAKAWA, AMERY KESSLER, MARNI KOTAK, JODIE LYN KEE CHOW + ZACHARY FABRI, JILL MCDERMID, SANDRINE SCHAEFER, ROSABELLE SELAVY, MARK STAFFORD, LECH SZPORER, MATT WHITE, JEN ZAK

ESTONIA KULTURE

http://www.kultuuritehas.ee/residency/artists.html

ME & FRIENDS IN ESTONIA

Present Tense's "Thus Far" @ MEME

BOSTON HEADS, COME BY MEME AND SEE A SCREENING OF PERFORMANCE DOCUMENTATION TOMORROW NIGHT. INFO:

MEME Website
Present Tense Website

There will also be a performance art event next Friday, the 23rd, featuring the work of:

Daniel DeLuca (Boston)
Coco Segaller (Boston)
Philip Fryer (Boston)
Sarah Schoemann (NYC)

See you there!
-The Present Tense

Performa Event Listing

http://performa-arts.org/blog/performa-09/calendar/

Santiago Sierra

Santiago Sierra. His latest performance piece at Tate Modern. Any reactions?